- Advanced Directives
- Dying with Dignity
- Hospice & Palliative Care: The Difference
- Hospitalization
- Injection How-to’s
- Living Wills
- Medicare & Hospice
- Pain Management
- Powers of Attorney
- Terminal Illness
What You Need to Know About Living Wills: Part 1
I think the only living being who may not have yet heard of the Terri Schiavo case is my cat, Mildred. And, she’s no dummy. In all seriousness though, Schiavo’s case brought to the forefront our own thoughts on end of life, and the myriad moral, political and medical issues it affords. Owing in large part to an overly zealous media, we know the heart-wrenching story of the woman in her twenties who spent 15 years in a senior...Read the rest of this article »
What You Need to Know About Living Wills: Part 2
(This is the second half in a two-part series. Read What You Need to Know About Living Wills: Part 1.) In continuing last week’s discussion on advance directives and the various types, I ran across an article published by the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, which illustrates the importance of these documents. In a recent survey put forth to families of some 1,500 people who died—71% of whom had advance directives—“families felt better about their communication with their...Read the rest of this article »
